Protestantism

===Calvinism===
{{Main|Reformed Christianity}}
[[Calvinism]], also called the Reformed tradition, was advanced by several theologians such as [[Martin Bucer]], [[Heinrich Bullinger]], [[Peter Martyr Vermigli]], and Huldrych Zwingli, but this branch of Christianity bears the name of the French reformer John Calvin because of his prominent influence on it and because of his role in the confessional and ecclesiastical debates throughout the 16th century.

This term also currently refers to the doctrines and practices of the [[Reformed churches]] of which Calvin was an early leader. Less commonly, it can refer to the individual teaching of Calvin himself. The particulars of Calvinist theology may be stated in a number of ways. Perhaps the best known summary is contained in the [[five points of Calvinism]], though these points identify the Calvinist view on [[Christian soteriology|soteriology]] rather than summarizing the system as a whole. Broadly speaking, Calvinism stresses the sovereignty or rule of God in all things—in salvation but also in all of life. This concept is seen clearly in the doctrines of [[predestination (Calvinism)|predestination]] and [[total depravity]].

The biggest Reformed association is the [[World Communion of Reformed Churches]] with more than 80&nbsp;million members in 211 member denominations around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wcrc.ch/theology/ |title=Theology and Communion |website=World Communion of Reformed Churches |access-date=5 December 2013 |archive-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220021929/http://wcrc.ch/theology/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wcrc.ch/wcrc-member-churches/ |title=Member Churches |website=World Communion of Reformed Churches |access-date=5 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412134752/http://wcrc.ch/wcrc-member-churches/ |archive-date=12 April 2014}}</ref> There are more conservative Reformed federations like the [[World Reformed Fellowship]] and the [[International Conference of Reformed Churches]], as well as [[List of Reformed denominations|independent churches]].

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File:John Calvin - Young.jpg|[[John Calvin]]'s theological thought influenced a variety of [[Congregational church|Congregational]], [[Continental Reformed church|Continental Reformed]], [[United and uniting churches|United]], [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]], and other Reformed churches.
File:Lorimer, Ordination.jpg|''The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk'' by [[John Henry Lorimer]], 1891.
File:First_Congregational_Church,_Cheshire_CT.jpg|A Congregational church in [[Cheshire, Connecticut|Cheshire, Connecticut, United States]]
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